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-A booklet packaged with Harta volume 76 at select stores. It's an anthology of one-shots centering on the theme of younger sister.
The time is the Taisho era (1912-1926). A 16-year-old girl, Megumi Nonomura, is sent to work for a wealthy merchant uncle and his wife, but her hair is cut off and she is thrown out of the house for an unforgivable crime. Reiji Kirishima, a beautiful assistant professor at a university, who had been responsible for the incident, offers to hire Megumi, saying, “Will you let me be responsible for your hair until it grows back?" and offers to hire Megumi. Set on the shores of Lake Chuzenji in Nikko, a prosperous international summer resort, this is a tale of pure love and romance that depicts a summer of attraction between two people who transcend age and position.
One day, Nina, a young girl living in the forest with her foster father, "Master," is suddenly attacked and kidnapped by an emissary from the neighboring country of Uruzgand. Confused, Nina opens the letter her Master entrusted to her. In it, she finds that Nina is "the princess of the Holy Kingdom of Arcandia," and that the flesh and blood of a saint born into royal family grants great power to beastmen. So, for the sake of her country, Nina was offered as tribute to the ruthless White Wolf King, Volga. After that, Nina attempts to escape Volga many times, but she soon learns his true purpose for kidnapping her... (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
Mana, an office lady in her 30's, was doing well both at work and in love. She was about to get married to her boyfriend, whom she was living with, but he cheated on her and they broke up. Wanting to change the things that just didn't go well no matter how hard she tried, she moved into a share house, but the inhabitants were people there who were not particularly easy to deal with... (Source: Akita Shoten, translated)
A selection of horror and suspense stories by manga artists not commonly associated with the genre curated by novelist Hideyuki Kikuchi. 1. **Kyoufu no Genshi Ningen Muuzu** (恐怖の幻視人間ムーズ) \[Hisashi Sekiya\] 2. **Shounen G-men** (少年Gメン) \[Tsunayoshi Takeuchi\] 3. **Asaki Yumemiji** (浅き夢見じ) \[Goseki Kojima\] 4. **Hitoinu** (人犬) \[Takao Saitou\] 5. **Shinin ga Yonderu** (死人が呼んでる) \[Noboru Kawasaki\] 6. **Kyuuketsuki** (吸血鬼) \[Mikiya Mochizuki\] 7. **Toge Ningen** (トゲ人間) \[Jirou Kuwata\] 8. **Adachigahara no Kijo** (安達ヶ原の鬼女) \[Ryouichi Ikegami\]